Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange’s (EGX) indices showed an upward trend on Thursday, with market capitalization hitting EGP 2.212 trillion.
The benchmark EGX30 index gained 1.33%, finishing the session at 30,242.13 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 equal-weight index (EWI) added 0.34% to close at 8,275.86 points, while the EGX100 index increased by 0.45%, ending the session at 11,379.84 points.
The Sharia-compliant index, EGX33 Shariah index, added 0.91%, concluding the session at 3,130.34 points.
Trading volume amounted to 707.095 million shares exchanged through 80,135 transactions at a turnover of EGP 2.516 billion.
Retail investors controlled 77.82% of total trading transactions, while institutional investors made up 22.17% of trading.
Egyptian traders made up 86.62% of total trading transactions, while Arab and foreign investors accounted for 4.4% and 8.97%, respectively.
Egyptian and Arab investors were net sellers with EGP 2.786 million and EGP 8.629 million, respectively. Foreign traders were net buyers with EGP 11.416 million.